Kung Pow: Enter the Fist (2002)

Director:

Steve Oedekerk

Writer (WGA):

Steve Oedekerk (written by)

Release Date:

25 January 2002 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Comedy

Plot:

Kung Pow: Enter the Fist is a movie within a movie, created to spoof the martial arts genre. Writer/director...

Plot Keywords:

Martial Arts | Kung Fu | Spoof | Chosen One | English Subtitles In Original

Cast

Steve Oedekerk	...	Chosen One / Dubbed Voices
Fei Lung	...	Master Pain (Betty) (archive footage)
Leo Lee	...	Young Master Pain (archive footage)
Ling Ling Tse	...	Ling (archive footage)
Lin Yan	...	Dying Ling
Chia Yung Liu	...	Wimp Lo (archive footage) (as Lau Kar Wing)
Hui Lou Chen	...	Master Tang (archive footage)
Chi Ma	...	Master Doe (archive footage)
Jennifer Tung	...	Whoa
Lo Ming	...	Father
Peggy Lu	...	Mother
Tad Horino	...	Chew Fat Lip
Tori Tran	...	Peasant Woman
Simon Rhee	...	Young Master Pain's Henchman
Joon B. Kim	...	Henchman #2

Also Known As:

Kung Pow! Enter the Fist (USA) (video box title)
The Dubbed Action Movie: Enter the Fist (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for comic violence, crude and sexual humor.

Runtime:

81 min | Japan:82 min

Country:

USA | Hong Kong

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

Iceland:12 | USA:PG-13 (certificate #38378) | South Korea:12 | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Finland:K-15 | Singapore:NC-16 (DVD rating) | Spain:13 | UK:12 | Singapore:PG (original rating) | Germany:12

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Trivia:

As Mu-Shu Fasa disappears, he says, "This is CNN..." James Earl Jones is the voice that says this famous line on the CNN television channel, as well as the voice of Mufasa in the Lion King (of which Mu-Shu Fasa is an obvious parody)

Goofs:

Audio/visual unsynchronized: When Chosen One is running backwards, he runs over Wimp Lo, but Wimp Lo is in Master Tang's clothes in the shot where he runs over him.

Quotes:

Master Betty: I spanked you as a baby, and I'll spank you now BITCH.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Home on the Range (2004)

Soundtrack:

The Morning After

You either love it or hate it -- and I loved it!!!!

I laughed so hard I could hardly breathe. This is one of the funniest films I have ever seen.

The Screen-It Our Take reviewer doesn't like "silly" humor. I do. My most common comments while watching: "That's SO STUPID!!" (when I could catch a breath from laughing) and "What was THAT??"

There are no swear words, no realistic violence, and no sex scenes. It's just FUN!! My 13-year-old son & I rented it and watched it twice in one week. It was even funnier the second time.

My husband hated it. He thought it was the most "un-funny" film he'd ever seen.

You either love it or hate it.